Jun 302012
 
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It seems like every week I stumble across some new and awesome cartoon; this weeks being the Ultimate Spiderman. It first aired April 1 on DisneyXD, so I know I’m a bit late to the game on this one; but I was only exposed to it after a Kevin Smith interview with the creator/writer team on the show: Man Of Action (Ben 10, Generator Rex). Spidey is getting some major comic heavyweight treatment with Paul Dini and Jeph Loeb as EP’s, animation cred from Joe Quesada, and cameos in every episode from Stan “the man” Lee (who plays the school janitor of all things)! Suffice it to say that even out of the gate this isn’t your parents Spiderman!

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Jun 302012
 
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As anyone who lives on the east coast can tell you, last night saw one of the most crazy awesome lightning storms in recent memory. The strikes and thunder were nonstop for what seemed like hours! When the storm initially hit I decided to throw on the Tron Legacy soundtrack from Daft Punk and had the forethought to grab a camera; enjoy what I saw as it was, in the truest sense of the word, awesome.

Lightning Tron from Pure Nerd Nip on Vimeo.

Jun 262012
 
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After just 2 short months I’m very pleased to announce that this site has outgrown both my ambitions and what is possible on the free servers at WordPress. Unfortunately hosting a dedicated server is not in my budget at this time. Enter the awesome That Geek Chick, Erin Smith; who has selflessly offered to host us! I urge you all to give her a visit and a follow as she is no only a clever and original writer, but I’m not sure how much longer there would be a nerd nip without a geek chick!

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